Racing News: April 6 Morning Report

Gelete Burka Outkicks Shalane Flanagan in Stanford 10,000Flanagan’s decision to try a track 10,000 a little more than two weeks before the Boston Marathon was a fruitful one. At Friday night’s Stanford Invitational, she clocked a 31:09.02 for a close second behind Ethiopia’s Gelete Burka, who won in 31:08.16 in what was very much a two-woman race, as the Oregonianreports. Flanagan, who was happy to still have good turnover when her legs were tired, told Flotrack, “I closed in a 4:52 last mile … That’s good for a marathoner." Mexican Olympian Juan Luis Barrios won the men’s 10,000 in 28:12.91. More and More

On Anniversary of Cancer Diagnosis, Grunewald Wins a 5000Gabriele Grunewald, the 2014 USATF Indoor 3000-meter champion, was first in a very close women’s 5000 at the Stanford Invitational Friday. Her 15:19.01 edged Nicole Sifuentes (15:19.15) and Alisha Williams (15:19.42), as Flotrack reports. The victory came on the sixth anniversary of Grunewald’s diagnosis of cancer. More and More (Stanford Results)

Manzano and Centrowitz Headline the Grand Blue MileThe Grand Blue Mile is a road event in Des Moines on April 21, the Tuesday before the Drake Relays begin. Olympic 1500-meter silver medalist and defending USA 1 Mile Road Champion Leo Manzano and two-time World Championships medalist Matthew Centrowitz will be joined by Bernard Lagat, Will Leer, and Pat Casey in the men’s race, while USA 1 Mile Road Champion Heather Kampf, who holds the Blue Mile women’s course record of 4:32.62, races against Gabriele Grunewald, Molly Beckwith-Ludlow, and Nicole Sifuentes. The winners earn $5,000 each. More

Catherine Ndereba Enters Her First Marathon in Three YearsNdebera is a former marathon world record holder who won two World Championships, earned two Olympic silver medals, and was a four-time Boston Marathon winner. She officially retired in 2014 but now, at 42, she’s coming back to run the Nagano Marathon in Japan on April 19. She’ll have a formidable rival, fellow Kenyan Beatrice Jepkemoi, who has a personal best of 2:27:41. More

World Champion Says Athletics Kenya Is Not Combating Doping …Benjamin Limo was the 5000-meter world champion in 2005 and has chaired one of the regional branches of Athletics Kenya. But as Capital FM reports, he has quit his post, claiming AK “is not ready to deal with the menace” of doping and in particular protects “one camp” where much of the doping occurs. More

… But Athletics Kenya’s President Plans Bans and ArrestsDespite Benjamin Limo’s comments above, Athletics Kenya President Isaiah Kiplagat said, “we might have to ban or suspend two or three agents” and that “one or two people might be arrested” as the federation attempts to control Kenyan running’s doping probem, according to another Capital FM report. Kiplagat will hold a press conference later this week. More

Ethiopians Birhanu and Melkamu Triumph in DaeguGirmay Birhanu had two tough Kenyan challengers for much of Sunday’s marathon in South Korea, but he shook them off to take first in 2:07:26. Stephen Chemlany and Benjamin Mutai were second and third in 2:08:21 and 2:08:54, respectively. Meselech Melkamu’s 2:27:24 in Daegu was nowhere near her career best of 2:21:01 but it was enough to defeat runner-up Dinkinesh Mekash by more than two minutes. More

Caroline Wostmann of South Africa Wins Two Oceans Marathon Wostmann was a popular winner of the 56K (35-mile) race in her native country and the first South African woman to win the event in 14 years. She finished strongly in 3:41:23, with Nina Podnebesnova of Russia the second woman in 3:44:04, as Bleacher Report writes. Lesotho’s Motlokoa Nkhabutlane was the men’s champion in 3:10:27, with Collen Mazaka of Zimbabwe next in 3:12:41. More

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